MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Peter Calvet, owner of Fantasy Flora, issued the following response to Governor Bill Lee’s State of the State address: “In his State of the State address, Gov. Bill Lee cited his past as a businessman to establish credibility for his budget as a public servant. As a small business owner, a budget…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In response to House Speaker Glen Casada’s advice that survivors of sexual assault should “move” out of town, Nettie Kraft, co-owner of The Barbershop Theater in Nashville, issued the following statement through the Tennessee Small Business Alliance: “As a small business owner, I don’t have the luxury to pick up and move;…

In response to Representative Marsha Blackburn’s latest campaign ad, Lenda Sherrell, state director of the Tennessee Small Business Alliance, released the following statement: “The tax law passed by Representative Marsha Blackburn is a giveaway for the rich, not small businesses. Rep. Blackburn’s vote for the law will cost our country more than $1.5 trillion over…

Get the Facts: TVA’s Plan to Increase Rates on Small Business Owners While Giving Handouts to Big Industry by the Tennessee Small Business Alliance & the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy What’s going on? TVA is proposing changes to our rate structure that will mean more mandatory fees and higher monthly bills for small…

A panel assembled by the Tennessee Small Business Alliance said Tuesday partisan efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act will be devastating to the poorest and sickest Tennesseans. – Johnson City Press, Robert Houck Dr. Eric Harman, a physician who practices at Mountain Region Family Medicine in Kingsport, told reporters on a conference call that…

I lead a support organization for artists who either live in or are moving to Nashville called Creatives’ Day. We connect artists–musicians, writers, visual artists and even chefs–with the things they need to prosper like affordable housing, financial and entrepreneurial tools. In a city like Nashville where 100 people are moving to town each day,…

My wife and I moved from New England to Tennessee last year because we fell in love with the state’s moderate nature, both in climate and in politics to open my small business in Memphis, Fantasy Flora. Yes, we were fed up with freezing in the winter, but we looked forward to living in a…

“Having clean air and water is a crucial part of creating an environment where people want to live and raise their families.” I am a farmer, a rural resident, and a mother of three. I founded In Town Organics and Summer Fields Farm, on which my family raises grass fed lamb and goats, pastured poultry,…

Revelations of Statewide Water Contamination Prove Necessity for Clean Water and Air Protections NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On a statewide press call, small business owners in Nashville, Monteagle, and Memphis called on Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker to prioritize the health of Tennessee communities so their business can continue to thrive. Speakers addressed the dangers…